Storage and dispensing vessel.



G. B. WALTON.

VSTOBAGE AND DISPENSING VESSEL- AYILIOATIOI Hum mu 2, 100a.

Ptented July 6, 1909.

GEORGE EDWARD WALTON, OF DAYTONll, FLORIDA.

STORAGE AND DISPENSING VESSEL.

Specification 0! Letters Patent.

Patented m 6, 1909.

Application filed June 2 1908. Serial No. 486,289.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 'I, GEORGE EDWARD WaLToN, a citizen of the United States, re- Sldlll" at Daytona, in the county of Volusia and tateof Florida, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Storage and Dispensing Vessels; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

. This invcntion'relates to improvements in liquid storage and dispensing vessels and is especially designed for use on vessels adapted to contain volatile liquids or for use when the vessel is subjected to rough usage such as might cause the liquid to splash about and escape through the discharge opening. The

objects of the invention are to provide a storage and dispensing vessel embpdyiug a and to become a permanent pouring spout and a weiglhtelild closure which 'so arge duct when automatically closes the the vessel is in normal or u right position and opens the same when the vessel is. in pouring position,'leaving the full diameter pf this discharge duct for the discharge of iqui A further object is to prevent "an liquid mg trapped above the closure w en the vessel is turned'back to normal or upright position.

. A further object of the invention is to provide a pouring spout and closure of simple and cheap construction adapted for incorporation in vessels of any ordinary; design art of the same havingan efiicient life equa in duration to the hfe of the vessel itself.

In the accompanying drawinlgsz Figure 1 yin vertical section embodying the resent invention and adapted for storing an dispensin gasolene', etc. Figs. 2 and 3 are detafi sectional oil vidws showing different arrangements of the discharge duct and closure.

Like otters of reference in ures indicate the same parts.

The vessel or receptacle adapted for illustrating the present invention and indicated by the letter A is a well known type of sheet metal can for gasolene, oil, ete., but it will be the several figunderstood that the invention maybe used in connection with any vessel forcontaining liquids and adapted to be tilted or tipped to discharge the liquid through a pouring spout can never enter the same.

the usual filling orifice closed by a screw cap B and with a handle C by which the vessel may be conveniently transported and handled.

In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the pouring spout and the closure are formed as a complete structure which is permanently secured to the vessel, although they may be in part formed integral with the vessel itself, as will be readily understood by manufacturers of vcssels to which the inventioii is applicable.

The pouring spout lettered E is conveniently curved and projects the necessary distance to deliver the liquid at any desired point with relation to the vessel and the base ofthe spout merges or opens into a somewhat larger chamber or elongated compartment F adapted to contain a relatively eavy ball G. 'TlllS compartment may be conveniently termed the closure compel-tr merit and communication with the vessel is made through an annular valve seatf in the inner end of the compartment. The valve seat may be located at substantially the line of the vessel wall, as in Fig. 2, or it may be located well within the vessel, as in Figs. 1'-

compartment andinto the base of the pouring spout, and the size of the'opening into the pouring spout should be such that the ball The entrance or duct. The vessel shown is provided with opening to the pouring spout may be narrow and extend practically to the end of the closure compartment as at e, Figs. 1 and 2, or it may be small and substantially circular, as at e,

Fig. 3, the, only real essential being that it be arranged to extend at an acute angleor diagonally above thelongi tudinal center of the. ball compartment. he preferred arrange'ment of the closure compartment is at an angle to the base of the pouring spout or transversely of the entrance opening into the spout, and it extends in such direction that,

When,the vessel is tipped or'tilted the ball leave itsseat and pass to the outer end of the compartment. 9 While the most netural and convenient arrangement of the I compartment is below the spout, I do not wish to be limited to the-particular location shown, for it may be departed from within limits without affecting the efficient operation of the device. 1

When the vessel is in'normal or upright position the inclination of the closure compartment to 'the horizon is such that the ball moves automatically to its seat and referably projects partly withinthe vesse itself. Being a relatively heavy metal ball ordinary movements or shocks to which the vessel may be subjected will not dislodge the same, and hence the escape of liquid fr n splashing about in the can or by evaporation or by volatilization is absolutely revented. The angular arrangement of tiie closure compartment with relationto the pourin spout causes the liquid flowing back when t e vessel is turned into upright position to pass into'the vessel before the valve. moves to its seat, and hence no liquid will be trapped above the valve. Having thus described the invention, what 18 claimed asnew and desired to be secured by Letters-Patent, is:

1. A vessel for storing and dispensing liquids embodying a pouring spout and a 010- surceompartment of greater diameter than the spout closed at its outer end and into which the spout opens intermediate the ends 'of the compartment, said spent and compartment projecting at an acute angle with spout ing position and to seat ltself by gravlty relation to each other and the spout being above the longitudinal center of the compartment, a valve seat at the inner end of thecompartment and a heavy ball valve in the compartment adapted to unseat itself by gravitfi and pass beyond the opening to the efore the spout is inclined to its pourafter the spout has been elevated above its pouring position whereby the liquid in the spout is returned to the vessel before the valve reaches its seat.

2. A vessel-for storing and dispensing liquids' embodying a pouring spout and substantially cylindrical closure compartment projecting upwardly from the vessel and at an acute angle with respect to each other,

the said spout being at t e greater elevation and having its opening into the compartment of less diameter than the compartment and located intermediate the ends of the latter, the said compartment being closed at the outer end and having a valve seat at the end forming the communicatin opening between the vessel and spout and a ball valve located in the compartment and of greater diameter than the entrance to the spout.

GEORGE EDWARD WALTON.

Witnesses: Y

J. F. OBoYLE,

GEORGE WALTON, J12, (J. M. BmenaM, Jr. 

